Chroodiscus

Chroodiscus is a genus of leaf-dwelling lichens in the family Graphidaceae. It was first introduced by the Swiss lichenologist Johannes Müller Argoviensis in 1883 as a section of the genus Ocellularia. In 1890 he promoted it to generic status.^[2]

Chroodiscus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Lecanoromycetes
Order:	Graphidales
Family:	Graphidaceae
Genus:	Chroodiscus (Müll.Arg.) Müll.Arg. (1890)
Type species
Chroodiscus coccineus (Leight.) Müll.Arg. (1890)
Synonyms[1]
Ocellularia sect. Chroodiscus Müll.Arg. (1883) Phyllobrassia Vain. (1921)

Species

As of July 2024^[update], Species Fungorum (in the Catalogue of Life) accepts 19 species of Chroodiscus:^[3]

• Chroodiscus africanus R.Sant. & Lücking (1999)^[4]
• Chroodiscus anomalus Vězda (1975)^[5]
• Chroodiscus argillaceus (Müll.Arg.) Lücking & Papong (2009)^[6]
• Chroodiscus australiensis Vězda & Lumbsch (1990)
• Chroodiscus australis Kantvilas & Vězda (2000)^[7]
• Chroodiscus coccineus (Leight.) Müll.Arg. (1890)
• Chroodiscus defectus Papong & Lücking (2009)^[6]
• Chroodiscus graphideus Lücking & Kalb (2008)
• Chroodiscus homchantarae Papong & Lücking (2009)^[6]
• Chroodiscus khaolungensis Papong & Lücking (2009)^[6]
• Chroodiscus khaosokensis Papong & Lücking (2009)^[6]
• Chroodiscus mirificus (Kremp.) R.Sant. (1952)
• Chroodiscus neotropicus Kalb & Vězda (1992)^[8]
• Chroodiscus parvisporus Kalb & Lücking (2002)^[9]
• Chroodiscus subhimalayanus S.Joshi & Upreti (2010)^[10] – India
• Chroodiscus submuralis Lücking (1999)^[11]
• Chroodiscus verrucosus R.Sant., Lücking & Vězda (1999)^[4]